wet lease

Also called ACMI, for the four things provided. A wet-leased aircraft flies for the customer airline while wearing the operator's own livery, which is why a flight sold by one airline can arrive in the colours of another — and why the aircraft is often unusual for the route.

Nearby in Aviation

• VR — The speed at which the pilot begins to raise the nose for takeoff.
• wake turbulence — The pair of counter-rotating vortices trailing from an aircraft's wingtips, strong enough to upset a following aircraft.
• widebody — An airliner with a fuselage wide enough for two aisles, typically five metres across or more.
• winglet — An upturned surface at the wingtip that recovers some of the energy otherwise lost to the tip vortex.